When was the last time you recited the order of the planets of the solar system? It’s been a while, right? So when we started working on learning the solar system with Pooh recently, I had to do a little…ahem…refreshing myself on the topic. In the last few years, scientists have decided that Pluto noKeep Reading…

Summertime is my very favorite time of year. I think I have that in common with most school kids. My kids always enjoyed summer break, too. Even though we’ve been homeschoolers for many years, we’ve always taken a break over the summer and this year will be no different. Still, though, I never wanted myKeep Reading…

Hi everyone! I’m thrilled to share a new set of free printable flashcards with you (finally!). We’ve been talking about spring for the past few weeks, but summer is around the corner and that means butterflies! I’m not the biggest fan of bugs in general, but butterflies hold a special place in my heart. They’reKeep Reading…

Summer’s on its way! And it’s a great time to start thinking about summer learning plans, especially if you follow a traditional year and take the summer off. Unfortunately, over the summer kids can start to slack off a bit and forget what they learned during the previous year. But that doesn’t have to beKeep Reading…

Butterflies are flying all over our neighborhood these days. And it’s no wonder. We’re right in the middle of spring and, down here, that means the typical six months of summer is on the way. Which means we’ll be seeing butterflies in the yard for weeks to come! So I thought we’d try a fun,Keep Reading…

Summer is on the way! And I, for one, am thrilled. Summer is my very favorite season. My very favorite. I don’t care that it’s super hot down here in Georgia. I don’t care that the mosquitoes are out in full force. The sun shines all day and (almost) all evening and that makes meKeep Reading…

Phonics are kind of a controversial topic in education these days. Some kids learn to read without ever practicing phonics, but some benefit by learning to master common phonics skills. Personally, I’m for whatever helps a child learn to read. Some of my kids took to reading right away. Others learned beginning sounds, digraphs, andKeep Reading…

Little Miss has been racing her way through all of her preschool lessons. She absolutely cannot wait for kindergarten this fall. Remember when you were young enough to actually be excited about doing harder work like the “big kids”? Yeah, I don’t either. Anyway, she’s mastered her letters, numbers, shapes, and counting, so we’ve beenKeep Reading…

I remember the first time Piglet showed that she was starting to notice differences in sizes. She said “Wow! Mommy! Your hand is much more huger than mine!” *giggle* Since she has older siblings, she seemed to become aware of the differences between bigger and smaller pretty quickly. After all, she wasn’t able to doKeep Reading…

Learning about the community is a big part of preschool education. Remember when you were in nursery school and you learned about “community helpers”? It’s also a key part of learning a foreign language. After all, you live in your community, so learning how to talk about it in your new language can really boostKeep Reading…

We’ve been working to help our kids memorize addition facts for the past few weeks, so I thought I’d make a new set of free printable flashcards: addition flashcards 0-10! But the thing about addition facts is that they’re pretty boring, right? Naturally, I had to add a little fun to these cards. What’s more funKeep Reading…

Now that we’re winding down first grade with Roo (yay!), I’ve been looking through the math objectives to make sure we touch on as many topics as possible. One of the major math concepts we still had to discuss was: measurement. For Roo, though, life begins and ends with movement. So I wanted to makeKeep Reading…

¡Hola, amigos! ¿Estan listos aprender más español? We’re continuing with our study of Spanish as a family. And, of course, there’s no better topic to start with than “the family” itself! So, I’m sharing printable Spanish family words worksheets that are wonderful for introducing this topic to kids in both English and Spanish. If you’reKeep Reading…

Money is one of those math topics that kids generally love to learn about. They all want money, so they usually don’t mind learning how to count it. At least mine didn’t. Since Pooh is in second grade, learning to work with money is one of our main objectives for math this school year. SoKeep Reading…

It’s been a while since I shared some sign language printables with you guys, but no more! Last week, I shared our set of printable Spanish flashcards: Spanish Weather Flashcards. Today I’m sharing a new sign language resource: Weather ASL Coloring Pages: ASL Weather Fingerspelling Worksheets! These are fun for practicing sign language fingerspelling, butKeep Reading…

After what felt like the longest winter ever, we’re finally starting to see birds return to our neighborhood. In our part of the country, we see lots of robins, cardinals, and occasionally blue jays, all of which have their unique color patterns. That gave me an idea for a fun bird color matching activity for kids!Keep Reading…

The first day of spring is approaching! Woohoo! We’ve been enjoying making free printable flashcards for our readers over the past few months. Since Roo has been working on sight words lately, I thought I’d make some spring sight words flashcards and I’m sharing them with you all today! Learning to read sight words isKeep Reading…

Do you feel that? That’s spring in the air! I’m not a fan of winter and, every year, I count down the days until I can hear baby birds chirping outside. To help the kids get excited for spring too, I thought I’d share a super cute set of Spring A to Z Alphabet Flashcards!Keep Reading…

If I want my boys to learn anything at all, I just have to find a way to include basketball. They are big fans of the sport and they love everything B-ball related. So when I was ready for them to practice multiplication facts, I thought “What better way to get them interested than toKeep Reading…

Over the last month, we’ve featured free printable flashcards for learning shapes, colors, and alphabet animals. Today I’m sharing a set of free ASL number flashcards for learning how to sign the numbers 0-9 in sign language! I’ve been using American Sign Language since I was a child. In fact, my husband, I, and ourKeep Reading…

I hope you’ve been enjoying our Printable Spanish Flashcards series! Today I’m sharing a new set of flashcards: Spanish Color Flashcards! I don’t know why it took me so long to make these. After all, learning to identify colors is one of the most important concepts for toddlers and preschoolers. Chalk it up to mommyKeep Reading…